Law

Cultural property - recovery of stolen art works - choice of law - recognition of governments

Article Abstract:

Cyprus, in Autocephalous Greek-Orthodox Church of Cyprus v. Goldberg, sought the return of four Byzantine mosaics stolen sometime after the 1974 Turkish invasion of that country. These mosaics were subsequently purchased by an Indiana art dealer, Peg Goldberg, without much inquiry into how the mosaics were obtained, even though she knew one of the middlemen was convicted felon. Cyprus won, which should make it easier for foreign governments to seek the return of lost or stolen parts of their cultural heritage through the courts.

Author: Morris, Virginia, Bourloyannis, M.-Christiane

Publisher:American Society of International LawPublication Name:American Journal of International LawSubject:LawISSN:0002-9300Year:1992

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - jurisdiction - waiver of deadlines for motions - Security Council competence under Chapter VII of UN Charter - jus de non evocando - effect of prior decisions of Appeals Chamber of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Article Abstract:

The Rwandan trial chamber rejected a pretrial challenge to jurisdiction by a man accused of criminal genocide. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was the jurisdiction challenged. The trial chamber rejected defendant's arguments that the Tribunal violated Rwanda's sovereignty, was incompetently established by the UN Security Council, violated jus de non evocando, violated UN charter and was neither impartial nor independent.

Author: Morris, Virginia

Publisher:American Society of International LawPublication Name:American Journal of International LawSubject:LawISSN:0002-9300Year:1998

The work of the sixth committee at the fifty-second session of the UN General Assembly

Article Abstract:

The meeting of the Sixth Committee at the 52nd Session of the UN General Assembly presented a law on cross-border insolvency, endorsed a convention draft suppressing terrorist bombings, and planned a conference on the establishment of an International Criminal Court. The committee also endorsed changes in UN procedural rules and the extension of competence for the UN Administrative Tribunal.

Author: Morris, Virginia, Bourloyannis-Vrailas, M.-Christiane

Publisher:American Society of International LawPublication Name:American Journal of International LawSubject:LawISSN:0002-9300Year:1998